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iraq was the most illiterate person i ever met in terms of constructing his own identity and his achievements -- his achievement was an achievement of identity in the modern world. first the shift from not international to american, then not white, but black. >> host: mauch mood was a group of pakistani friends that barack had been started in occidental and going to new york. he made friends with several pakistanis who came to occidental and and a shared to an internationalist perspective, which he had lived in indonesia and his mother was buried and he was neither black nor white. he was searching for himself and he was comfortable with these guys. so when he got to new york, some of his pakistani friends had moved they are and their friends were there. he was at columbia law school. and it's true. i mean, obama moved to new york to be closer to harlem and to find his blackness, but it did happen today. president obama but i interview to the oval office he made no lasting effort during his four years in new york. buddy starting to make that transition in the ark of his search for home. and t
iraq was the most illiterate person i ever met in terms of constructing his own identity and his achievements -- his achievement was an achievement of identity in the modern world. first the shift from not international to american, then not white, but black. >> host: mauch mood was a group of pakistani friends that barack had been started in occidental and going to new york. he made friends with several pakistanis who came to occidental and and a shared to an internationalist...
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this might be the way out of iraq for us. turns out largely what patriquin wanted it to because he proved to be very effective in fighting al qaeda and try to begin to flip from pro-al qaeda to the coalition side. in my book there are few scenes of patriquin in action. one of them was patriquin first met him. he shows up with a mustache and he speaks arabic slang, iraqi arabic and his first meeting face-to-face at what part of iraq are you from, the north or the south? patriquin as he often did would say something like no i'm from chicago. i am an american and many iraqis were befuddled by that because he thought he might've been an iraqi left as a child and done over and came back with a funny western accident. they met and quickly became very close allies through this struggle. >> you can watch this and other programs on line of booktv.org. >> you dinesh d'sousa presents his thoughts on what a second term for the obama administration would look like. the author contends that the president's policies would greatly reduce ame
this might be the way out of iraq for us. turns out largely what patriquin wanted it to because he proved to be very effective in fighting al qaeda and try to begin to flip from pro-al qaeda to the coalition side. in my book there are few scenes of patriquin in action. one of them was patriquin first met him. he shows up with a mustache and he speaks arabic slang, iraqi arabic and his first meeting face-to-face at what part of iraq are you from, the north or the south? patriquin as he often did...
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it is a story of a woman soldier in iraq. she's guarding the first prisoner of war camp we sent up there, and it goes back and forth between her story, her experience as a woman soldier, and the story of an iraqi civilian woman. they meet at a check point, and they begin to interact. this is based on things my soldiers had experienced, and so that you get to see the war from both the iraqi and the american pointed view, but told through the eyes of women, a rare way to tell stories of war. >> host: when you look back at the media coverage of the iraq war and currently the afghanistan war, do you feel that it's been fair? do you think it's been comprehensive? >> guest: depends which nation's media you are asking about. >> host: u.s.. >> guest: i think we did a bad job at the beginning of the war as has been universally acknowledged. we were too blinded by reactions to 9/11, and we did not face -- we did not question the reasons for going into iraq enough. we accepted it at face value the things we were told. we did not dig dee
it is a story of a woman soldier in iraq. she's guarding the first prisoner of war camp we sent up there, and it goes back and forth between her story, her experience as a woman soldier, and the story of an iraqi civilian woman. they meet at a check point, and they begin to interact. this is based on things my soldiers had experienced, and so that you get to see the war from both the iraqi and the american pointed view, but told through the eyes of women, a rare way to tell stories of war....
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of iraq applause] >> good afternoon. welcome to michigan. i don't want to put you on the spot but donate $60 to your $1,000 gift -- [applause] >> if you don't want to take it next time you asked for money at it in. conservatives dig in their own pockets to solve problems. liberals look of the government to take care of them. [applause] >> george is doing okay. i will buy tickets to the film and give them too young people who might not otherwise go. [applause] >> if obama is given a second term what types of changes in his administration or his cabinet, what changes do you see happening that will help achieve his goals? >> obama in his personal appointments has to be a little cautious in the first term. partly because he was a new he needed to figure out how to operate and maneuver so he started with some clinton people and he realized pretty soon that the clinton people were trying to block him. they were trying to block him because they are traditional democrats. if you look in bob woodward's book he talks about the fact that again and agai
of iraq applause] >> good afternoon. welcome to michigan. i don't want to put you on the spot but donate $60 to your $1,000 gift -- [applause] >> if you don't want to take it next time you asked for money at it in. conservatives dig in their own pockets to solve problems. liberals look of the government to take care of them. [applause] >> george is doing okay. i will buy tickets to the film and give them too young people who might not otherwise go. [applause] >> if obama...
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one baghdad born interpreter told me patriquin was in love with iraq. he was addicted to the culture and he was obsessed by it. he loved the food in the and the people and everything about iraq and another of baghdad born interpreter told me, iraqis can like you but they love him for a lot of reasons. he had a magical personality and a trustful face. his presence was noted immediately. iraqis love to talk to men with a mustache and he had a mustache, suntan and a muscular body and it looked like an era. his heart was connecting to these people but the average american soldier iraqis -- but they could tell he enjoyed being with his hands as they did and he didn't take it. they thought he was telling them i will do whatever i can to tell you he was genuine. he gave iraqis the most honorable and honest picture of the american people in the middle at -- american military in particular. they thought he was the true american heart. and the iraqi born interpreter concluded, my god there is no one in the world who could have formed a close a connection with the
one baghdad born interpreter told me patriquin was in love with iraq. he was addicted to the culture and he was obsessed by it. he loved the food in the and the people and everything about iraq and another of baghdad born interpreter told me, iraqis can like you but they love him for a lot of reasons. he had a magical personality and a trustful face. his presence was noted immediately. iraqis love to talk to men with a mustache and he had a mustache, suntan and a muscular body and it looked...
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military leave iraq. that appeared on the op-ed page of the "los angeles times" and then began wandering the media world. one of its stops, curiously enough was the military newspaper, stars and stripes. this e-mail respons read your article in stars and stripes. when was the last time you visited iraq? a critique and 15 well-chosen world. his point, i was then a 65-year-old guy who had never been anywhere near iraq and undoubtably never would have. possibly more than once and disagreed with my assessment. this is not to be taken lightly. what, after all, do i know about iraq? only the reporting i've been able to read. the analysis found lots of experts, on the other hand, even from thousands of miles away, i was one of many who could see enough by early 2003 to go into the streets and demonstrate against an onrushing disaster that a lot of people theoretically are far more as a cakewalk or the new century. it is true that i have never strolled down a street in baghdad. and that is a deficit if you want t
military leave iraq. that appeared on the op-ed page of the "los angeles times" and then began wandering the media world. one of its stops, curiously enough was the military newspaper, stars and stripes. this e-mail respons read your article in stars and stripes. when was the last time you visited iraq? a critique and 15 well-chosen world. his point, i was then a 65-year-old guy who had never been anywhere near iraq and undoubtably never would have. possibly more than once and...
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we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to overthrow gadhafi. the way in which it was done is to cut congress altogether and the administration's just vacation or not even bringing this up for a discussion in congress is when it's just an air war that we are using drugs and new of u.s. lives are at risk of a congress should have no say and not. so think of the kind of usurpation of power by the executive ranch, taken this away from the legislative ranch and what kind of precedent is set for future people in the white house. we have also been a case of a rat, when the u.s. troops left, left drones behind and put them in the hands not of
we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to...
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. >> host: how many women served in the iraq war. >> guest: over 200,000 have served in iraq and afghanistan. >> host: americans. >> guest: yes, americans. >> host: is that unusual? >> guest: ey, the iraq war in particular set a precedent historically, more women served and have been wounded and killed in the iraq war by iran's 2005 into the war already, than all the american wars put together since world war ii, including afghanistan. so, it was a huge difference. one in every ten troops in iraq was a woman. >> host: did they serve in different capacities than hey served in the past? >> guest: yes, bought because of the nature of the war is a guerrilla war, there isn't any front line. having an area where soldiers from the enemy side will meet up and fight. that doesn't happen anymore. battles take place in hospitals, even if you're driving a truck full of toilet paper, you can be attacked. so, because of no frontline, even if you're combat support or an engineer or a cook, you can get drawn into battle, and many, many women also were being used as gunners and working alongside with the inf
. >> host: how many women served in the iraq war. >> guest: over 200,000 have served in iraq and afghanistan. >> host: americans. >> guest: yes, americans. >> host: is that unusual? >> guest: ey, the iraq war in particular set a precedent historically, more women served and have been wounded and killed in the iraq war by iran's 2005 into the war already, than all the american wars put together since world war ii, including afghanistan. so, it was a huge...
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the gee hotties in iraq and afghanistan, they are freedom fighters. they should be given constitutional rights. treated like citizens. but bin laden, the al qaeda guys, they are international criminals. there is no inconsistency in occupied territories. >> i just returned from afghanistan. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> my question is regarding afghanistan do you feel that he wants to dismantle the u.s. military or there is some other reasons behind it? >> when the question is about the military and resources. he says that we can't afford it, the military cuts. i agree, what i'm trying to say is that we are in a budget crisis and we can't afford interestingly, he doesn't feel that way about other spending. he is loving every other division grow. this gives you a sense of obama's priorities. the truth of it is, you have to increase conventional forces. conventional forces are costlier than nuclear bombs. what obama is doing, again with disregard for all these trade-offs, he is slashing book. he is slashing the military and he has also dramatica
the gee hotties in iraq and afghanistan, they are freedom fighters. they should be given constitutional rights. treated like citizens. but bin laden, the al qaeda guys, they are international criminals. there is no inconsistency in occupied territories. >> i just returned from afghanistan. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> my question is regarding afghanistan do you feel that he wants to dismantle the u.s. military or there is some other reasons behind it? >> when...
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he said that when he was talking about iraq but he meant it and we didn't really listen to. reducing his statements or the perception we have of him, for getting he is representing a system. he is representing an administration. this administration pushing for many reasons and not only political reasons anything which has to do today with the democratization in the region. the bloggers and cyberdissidents who were pushing and spreading around of feeling that something should change in egypt and tunisia and even syria or yemen many of these blockers -- this was known. google, freedom house, they were training people and financing the training of people who were advocating democracy and liberating the countries and they were trained by american organizations and european organizations and if we study what happened in eastern europe with the whole process of the european spring, eastern european spring because behind it was a philosophy no one had heard and not enough people heard about sasha pop povich who was getting a sense of how we mobilize the people in order to push for
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at the time of this program was in touch with the phoenix office about this, they shipped him off to iraq, and he is unavailable for comment or to answer any questions by investigators. not to mention president obama's senior adviser for latin america was also getting briefed on program. and so why does this matter to you? why does this matter to young people, why is this a topic you should be interested in? fast and furious is, like i said, a huge scandal. it's a scandal with many scandals in a scandal. whether it's the justice department turning law-abiding gun dealers into criminals to push their own anti-second amendment political agenda, the documentation backs that up, the internal e-mails back that up, whether it's the attorney general changing his story under oath and not being held accountable for this, whether it's the whistleblowers who, like i keep saying, were the only ones who were actually being factual, having their careers destroyed. just today, actually, and this week the new atf director, you know, issued a somewhat minor threat trying to be under the radar, and i don't
at the time of this program was in touch with the phoenix office about this, they shipped him off to iraq, and he is unavailable for comment or to answer any questions by investigators. not to mention president obama's senior adviser for latin america was also getting briefed on program. and so why does this matter to you? why does this matter to young people, why is this a topic you should be interested in? fast and furious is, like i said, a huge scandal. it's a scandal with many scandals in...
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before iran, let's speak iraq. in the early '80s, the prime minister decided to attack the nuclear reactor in iraq. it wasn't popular here in the u.s., but we did it. and we we were condemned by the u.s., by the state department, we were condemned by the u.n., but years later people exearkted that the -- appreciated that the, grave decision that prime minister begin took in 198 is 1 was for the benefit of the american people. because when you, the american army, invaded iraq, you were able do into the region without taking the risk that iran was nuclear. i'm sure there are some young jewish people in the audience, and for us, i don't mean -- yom kippur is the holiest day of the year. 1973 during the yom kippur, that's something i found out even though i thought i knew everything before i wrote the book, but while doing the research, i learned myself a lot, and i found out that in 1973 when the egyptian and syrian armies caught us by surprise and we were almost in a point that we would have lost the war, and when we
before iran, let's speak iraq. in the early '80s, the prime minister decided to attack the nuclear reactor in iraq. it wasn't popular here in the u.s., but we did it. and we we were condemned by the u.s., by the state department, we were condemned by the u.n., but years later people exearkted that the -- appreciated that the, grave decision that prime minister begin took in 198 is 1 was for the benefit of the american people. because when you, the american army, invaded iraq, you were able do...
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saudi arabia, iran, egypt, iraq. >> look. ic we have to be very cautious not to take examples in history as defining a religion or civilization. because if i was to do this with an the american civilization i would -- if i was to do this -- no. no. it's no at political -- no. sorry? no. no. >> delighted to the -- our history of religious liberty as a posed to those in the country of -- i am please compare them and you'll see a tremendous dirvets. >> can i answer? just the native americans about the way were treated. but that's not the point. that's not the point. the point is we have to be intelligent you'llly fair and e qipted when it comes to deal with history renner and not reduce history to what happened and what question see now. because in the arab world, for century, the jews, and the christians were much more respected than they were in europe. they felt serious about history. look at the middle ages where europeans had to learn. but the point is why should we trust now the arabs, i'm not asking you to trust. i'm aski
saudi arabia, iran, egypt, iraq. >> look. ic we have to be very cautious not to take examples in history as defining a religion or civilization. because if i was to do this with an the american civilization i would -- if i was to do this -- no. no. it's no at political -- no. sorry? no. no. >> delighted to the -- our history of religious liberty as a posed to those in the country of -- i am please compare them and you'll see a tremendous dirvets. >> can i answer? just the...
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the impact on iraq and the iraqis is rather traumatic. people are being killed in iraq every day. i was in iraq in july talking to the prime minister. we discussed syria, and he was very concerned about what could happen using their own experience and telling me that, of course, the war in iraq energized the jihadists who rushed to iraq to fight. and i think we are likely to see the same in syria if we don't handle it properly. >> host: so there's still a global impact from iraq. >> guest: a global impact. >> host: you start the book with a very revealing story about colin powell who came to you after the invasion as it looked like americans might be about to find weapons of might destruction. mr. powell said to you with a big smile on his face, you're right, they've made an honest man of me. what did he mean? >> guest: no, i can understand that. i think that, basically, he made the case for weapons of mass destruction in iraq. and for a while we couldn't find anything. .. >> guest: i think from what we have seen, there were no weapons of mass destruction, and i'm not sure that wi
the impact on iraq and the iraqis is rather traumatic. people are being killed in iraq every day. i was in iraq in july talking to the prime minister. we discussed syria, and he was very concerned about what could happen using their own experience and telling me that, of course, the war in iraq energized the jihadists who rushed to iraq to fight. and i think we are likely to see the same in syria if we don't handle it properly. >> host: so there's still a global impact from iraq. >>...
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bush and iraq. one of the centers of this book is abraham lincoln in the civil war. and the thing about lincoln is that the experience of america during those years, you almost might think is there anything further to be said about abraham lincoln. there always is, both because of the lessons we can take away from his life experience and his presidency, and also because i'm basically enough new sources still turn up from time to time. coming to a place like this that you're writing about a president it you shall helpful because i was a historian trying to repeat, or give the reader a sense of what the president experience was. in this case, abraham lincoln in the civil war. and because you've come here to this house where he spent so much time while he was president, you could go into the room where he woke up in the morning. you can see the sights he saw while looking outside. you can hear a lot of the sounds that are very similar to what he would've heard at the time. this is my favorite room in in e house, which is the library. for a couple of reasons. one is you
bush and iraq. one of the centers of this book is abraham lincoln in the civil war. and the thing about lincoln is that the experience of america during those years, you almost might think is there anything further to be said about abraham lincoln. there always is, both because of the lessons we can take away from his life experience and his presidency, and also because i'm basically enough new sources still turn up from time to time. coming to a place like this that you're writing about a...
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because at the core of the business is all that money we spend in the place called iraq and office right, we could take this money and rebuild this place called america. you know it and i know it too. [applause] >> all right i'm going to throw out one more question. we're going open it up to questions from the audience. we love to hear you speak, sister. no apologies. when we think about the next three years, i'll start with you professor west. the next three years in respective of who gets elected president, we're facing all these challenges but we're facing these historical milestones inspect 2013 tees 50th anniversary of bathrooming ham, alabama the march on speech by dr. king. assassination of med gar veafs. it is a radical speech king is talking about reparation. we have to struggle and go to jail together to get that belostled community multiracial democracy. in 2014 it's going to be the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act and mississippi freedom summer. the summer project where the three civil righters were kill assassinated that year. it's the 50th of atlanta city and fannie
because at the core of the business is all that money we spend in the place called iraq and office right, we could take this money and rebuild this place called america. you know it and i know it too. [applause] >> all right i'm going to throw out one more question. we're going open it up to questions from the audience. we love to hear you speak, sister. no apologies. when we think about the next three years, i'll start with you professor west. the next three years in respective of who...
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rights of difficulties posed by their respective constitutions in such countries as egypt, lebanon, iraq, afghanistan or turkey. only when he turns to his own country does his acuity disappear in favor of general denunciations of our political system as if our political system has nothing to do with the constitution that gave it life and preserves its fundamental forms. he concludes with acknowledgements. after mentioning many people, some of them in this room who directly contribute to the ideas and writing of a book i mention my three grandchildren. rebecca and 1-year-old sarah. none made a direct contribution to the book but all deserve recognition as a splendid people. moreover they are truly the source of my passion concerning what i call in the title the crisis of governance in contemporary america and the role played if only marginally by the 51 constitutions within the united states in making it more difficult to resolve the problems that will dominate their futures. they deserve better. all of our families and strangers with whom we are connected as fellow citizens and happens i
rights of difficulties posed by their respective constitutions in such countries as egypt, lebanon, iraq, afghanistan or turkey. only when he turns to his own country does his acuity disappear in favor of general denunciations of our political system as if our political system has nothing to do with the constitution that gave it life and preserves its fundamental forms. he concludes with acknowledgements. after mentioning many people, some of them in this room who directly contribute to the...
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had the gates cuts in the hundreds of billions of dollars, destroying the pentagon, withdrawing from iraq, running away from afghanistan on a date certain withdraw time lime that's encouraging the taliban. i didn't talk much about foreign affairs and threatening the benefit packages which is why the veterans signed up for and deserve it. i think they'll vote against him. finally, the jewish vote, i trust medved, trust them both, and they told me in the entire adult life they never saw the jewish-american vote so leans towards voting for republican in such strong numbers. there's one word "israel" written all over it. president obama is hose still to israel. left benjamin netanyahu in the basement, say call me if something changes, did not treat him like the best ally in the middle east and probably in the world and a democratic country at that with elected leaders in the tradition is strong and ought to be supported. mitt romney is a friend of israel, and that matters to any friend of israel, jewish or not jewish in the united states. >> thank you. >> there's agreement in the room that we
had the gates cuts in the hundreds of billions of dollars, destroying the pentagon, withdrawing from iraq, running away from afghanistan on a date certain withdraw time lime that's encouraging the taliban. i didn't talk much about foreign affairs and threatening the benefit packages which is why the veterans signed up for and deserve it. i think they'll vote against him. finally, the jewish vote, i trust medved, trust them both, and they told me in the entire adult life they never saw the...
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fathers were less well traveled or less sophisticated and high school seniors today toward veterans from iraq or croin afghanistan?he >> the crossing of the0 dav atlantic ocean takes 20 days80 or it could be 80 days with icebergs or storms.john john adams traveled by seavery and of boat was struck by lightning. te all the passengers had to ship take turns until they got to he. land to pump. t it is hard to get around the united states. new yorplk city, albany new york if you took a horrors it would take three days. if you took a boat it would take three days.m owh, f been to now on a train it ises a few hours.
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writes of the difficulties posed by the respective constitutions for such countries adds egypt, lebanon, iraq, afghanistan or tour keep. it is only when he turns to the own country that his acuity seems to disappear in favor of general initiation of the political system as if our political system has nothing to do with the constitution that gave it life and preserved the fundamental force. framed concludes was acknowledges. after mentioning many people, some of them in the room, who directly contributed to the ideas and writing of the bock we mention my three grandchild, rebecca, eel will, and the now 1-year-old sara. none made a direct contribution to the book but all, quote, deserve recognition however as splendid people. more over, they are truly the source of my passion concerning what i call in the title th crisis of governments and contemporary america and the role played if only margely by the 51 constitutions in the united states in making it more difficult to resolve the problems that will dominate the futures. they deserve better, unquote. all of our families wees the strangers with
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why are we engaged in this war in iraq with no end. barry goldwater she said, never gave a dam who slept with. [laughter] and that was the party who does give a care. and, you know, stephen breyer said that after the court, the seattle and louisville, the segregation cases, he overturned those and he said, it is not often in law that so few have done and undone so much. that was even before citizens united, which i think is the defining case so far of the roberts court. remember, the conservatives of the 60s and 70s. the moderate republicans in the report, the core idea of conservatism at the supreme court was judicial restraint. the idea that courts should, if at all possible, that they should defer to the elected branch of government. they should not overturn laws lightly. it was the liberals who are always trying to overturn laws. it was potter stewart and lewis powell and sandra day o'connor who are preaching judicial restraint. but citizens united was the case where just a few years earlier, george w. bush had signed a law. two ye
why are we engaged in this war in iraq with no end. barry goldwater she said, never gave a dam who slept with. [laughter] and that was the party who does give a care. and, you know, stephen breyer said that after the court, the seattle and louisville, the segregation cases, he overturned those and he said, it is not often in law that so few have done and undone so much. that was even before citizens united, which i think is the defining case so far of the roberts court. remember, the...
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the inside struggle from iraq from bush to barack obama. in eisenhower's secret battle to shave the world. he recounts the ten year presidency
the inside struggle from iraq from bush to barack obama. in eisenhower's secret battle to shave the world. he recounts the ten year presidency
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shortly after 9/11 because we're talking about the iraq war that became a substitute for i think true patriotism which is speaking out on issues that are important to the national security. he said that. it kept getting worse. the pin he said he didn't like, he actually used to like until everyone in america started liking. pee stopped liking it. in that interview, he actually refer to the american flag lapel pin as that pin. >> i won't wear that pin on my chest instead i'm going to try to tell the american people what i believe will make the country great and hopefully that will be a testimony to my patism. >> you heard it right. you heard it right. he called "that pin." a little bit like bill clinton referred to "that woman." remember? [applause] but not to fear, not to worry, president obama came around. that pin he stopped wearing because it didn't really show what was in his heart he is now wearing near his heart today just about every day. it's one of the chose cheesy things you have to do as president, i guess. when he returns to civilian life, sooner, i hope rather than later
shortly after 9/11 because we're talking about the iraq war that became a substitute for i think true patriotism which is speaking out on issues that are important to the national security. he said that. it kept getting worse. the pin he said he didn't like, he actually used to like until everyone in america started liking. pee stopped liking it. in that interview, he actually refer to the american flag lapel pin as that pin. >> i won't wear that pin on my chest instead i'm going to try...
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in981 they bombed in iraq and stopped for a time there, the likud program. they spread the program outcome of prime mission scientist and scientists in other countries as well. it's a very sophisticated, also adapted to carry atomic devices. they are very determined to become an atomic power. it is important to remember what atomic powers do. they don't detonate atomic bombs. they threaten to do so. and when i talked to the high-ranking officials in bahrain, saudi arabia and nearby arab countries, they are equally terrified israelis. they know what kind of concessions they are going to demand and they are not going to be small and ambition. >> ht: frightening. let's move on to fast and furious. we are awaiting the inspector general served toward, eric holder and the president had touched by waiting for the verdict on what happened in the fast and furious operation. you see this as another example of deficiencies in obama's leadership, in particular dealing with subordinates, in this case the attorney general, personal friend, eric holder. let's walk through
in981 they bombed in iraq and stopped for a time there, the likud program. they spread the program outcome of prime mission scientist and scientists in other countries as well. it's a very sophisticated, also adapted to carry atomic devices. they are very determined to become an atomic power. it is important to remember what atomic powers do. they don't detonate atomic bombs. they threaten to do so. and when i talked to the high-ranking officials in bahrain, saudi arabia and nearby arab...
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veteran's center in southwest florida, and everybody knows a lot of the current veterans, afghanistan, iraq, what they've come back to. what was interesting about the center is how many veterans went back to the korean war, vietnam, the gulf war of 15-20 years ago. a lot of the people were on the verge of losing their houses. one of the great myths out there was a social policy putting people in houses who shouldn't have been. yes, i'm sure there was some of that. here's guys who owned houses for years, many of them who had been tricked by exotic mortgages that mortgage companies were selling it because of the fees and what they could make from it. we remember when we bought our first houses. you had to mortgage your first born child to get a mortgage. in the last ten years, it was flipped because there was money made in fees and bundle them with stock instruments. was that regulation? no, this was not regulation at all. >> guest: wall street demanded more and more of the bundled mortgages because they had a market for them. >> host: are you saying that market dinism doesn't work for the am
veteran's center in southwest florida, and everybody knows a lot of the current veterans, afghanistan, iraq, what they've come back to. what was interesting about the center is how many veterans went back to the korean war, vietnam, the gulf war of 15-20 years ago. a lot of the people were on the verge of losing their houses. one of the great myths out there was a social policy putting people in houses who shouldn't have been. yes, i'm sure there was some of that. here's guys who owned houses...
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iran now, 24 different sites so the of avoided making a mistake when 1981 they bombed the reactor in iraq. they spread the program out and brought in the russian scientists from other countries as well. it's a very sophisticated effort and they've adopted a long-term missiles to carry the atomic devices. they're very determined to become an atomic power and it's important to remember what atomic powers to. they don't fit to make atomic bombs. they threaten to do so and extract the concessions of the threats and when i took to the officials in bahrain and saudi arabia the are equally terrified as israelis and they know what kind of concessions the persians are going to demand, and they are not going to be small in their edition. >> host: frightening. let's move on to fast and furious where the inspector general's report eric holder and the president talked about waiting for the verdict on what actually happened to the fast and furious subornation but this is another example of the deficiencies in obama's leadership in particular dealing with a subordinate in this case the attorney general
iran now, 24 different sites so the of avoided making a mistake when 1981 they bombed the reactor in iraq. they spread the program out and brought in the russian scientists from other countries as well. it's a very sophisticated effort and they've adopted a long-term missiles to carry the atomic devices. they're very determined to become an atomic power and it's important to remember what atomic powers to. they don't fit to make atomic bombs. they threaten to do so and extract the concessions...
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you may know him as the author of emerald city about the war in iraq and life in the green zone in iraq. for live coverage continues from the national book festival. the next history and biography presentation that we will be showing you this afternoon is with fergus boardowwhich on the great debate, stephen douglas and a compromise that preserve the nation. that didn't about an hour or so and we will finish the day today. we have several more hours of live coverage from the national book festival but david and julie nixon eisenhower world will be here with jean edward smith to talk about president eisenhower. they will talk about their book but we have a call in opportunity so you will be able to participate in the conversation with david and julie nixon eisenhower and eisenhower biographer jean edward smith. that is happening in the history and biography tent. in the contemporary life pavilion tents at the national book festival we are web casting all of the events live from that tent and jeffrey toobin just started speaking over at the contemporary pavilion tents. you can watch that
you may know him as the author of emerald city about the war in iraq and life in the green zone in iraq. for live coverage continues from the national book festival. the next history and biography presentation that we will be showing you this afternoon is with fergus boardowwhich on the great debate, stephen douglas and a compromise that preserve the nation. that didn't about an hour or so and we will finish the day today. we have several more hours of live coverage from the national book...
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veteran center in southwest florida and everybody knows a lot of the current veterans from afghanistan, iraq, what they've come back to. what was interesting is how many went back to the creative for vietnam, gulf war 15, 20 years ago. a lot of these people were on the verge of this analysis. one was rid of social policy of putting people into houses he should've been into houses. not sure where a bunch of guys, many who had been tracked by these exotic mortgages, mortgage companies would sell it because the fees. .. just as you mentioned a few minutes ago, tremendous jobs being created are not high-paying jobs. many of them do not have benefits. we make a point the unemployment rate is terrible, but equally there are many people who are working you are now earning two-thirds of what they earned three or four years ago, half of what they earned. >> you are saying to people who are responsible for this are the politicians, but also the people who pay the politicians. and that is the 1%, to 1%. now, if this is the case, that if that 1%, why is it that again we come back to this issue that so m
veteran center in southwest florida and everybody knows a lot of the current veterans from afghanistan, iraq, what they've come back to. what was interesting is how many went back to the creative for vietnam, gulf war 15, 20 years ago. a lot of these people were on the verge of this analysis. one was rid of social policy of putting people into houses he should've been into houses. not sure where a bunch of guys, many who had been tracked by these exotic mortgages, mortgage companies would sell...
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bush and iraq. one of the centers of this book is abraham lincoln and the civil war. the thing about lincoln is that the experience of america during those years in the largeness of the man, you know, you almost might think is there anything further to be said about abraham lincoln. there always is. both because of the lessons we can take away from his life experience and his presidency, and also because new sources still turn up from time to time. coming to a place like this, as a historian, you are trying to repeat and give a real sense of what the president's experience was. in this case, abraham lincoln and the civil war. because you can come here to this house, where he spent so much time as a president, you can go into the room where he woke up in the morning. can see the sights he saw while looking outside. you can hear a lot of this sounds that are very similar to what he would've heard at the time. this is my favorite room in the house. which is the library. for a couple of reasons. one is that you really get a sense, perhaps more than some of the other rooms
bush and iraq. one of the centers of this book is abraham lincoln and the civil war. the thing about lincoln is that the experience of america during those years in the largeness of the man, you know, you almost might think is there anything further to be said about abraham lincoln. there always is. both because of the lessons we can take away from his life experience and his presidency, and also because new sources still turn up from time to time. coming to a place like this, as a historian,...